Report: MSG Adopts Facial Recognition At Arena Gates For Security

A new report claims New York’s Madison Square Garden has started using facial-recognition technologies at its gates to identify potential security risks. MSG, however, has been publicly using facial recognition technologies at its arena for the past seven years, albeit for different purposes, and the report that it’s now deploying the technology for security checks might represent an extension of existing in-arena technology that has been used to drive fan engagement since 2011.

The arena, home to the NBA’s Knicks, NHL’s Rangers and big-ticket concerts and events, has reportedly placed facial-recognition cameras on or near its metal detectors and is using algorithms to match images with a database of photographs to identify potential red flags, according ...